Foyles

Foyles, the famous London independent bookstore, has announced trading results that show it dipping into a loss for the 2014 financial year – albeit on increased turnover. Which prompts the question of how such an independent is faring in today’s book trade, and what its direction should be – although whether Foyles is a true […]

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Has the ebook had its day? If you've skimmed a newspaper over the past month you could be forgiven for thinking just that. "The physical book market is making a comeback after years of decline," announced the Times, citing a rise in Christmas trading at Foyles. "Sales of books are eclipsing digital alternatives," said the Telegraph, with the journalist William Langley explaining how his teenage son had discarded his Kindle.

A Guardian leader said the apparent demise of ebooks was "one of the rare examples where a groundbreaking technology ends up being supplanted